NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Kvintus (ex-Minekran V)		123	Orlogsvaerftet, Kopenhagen, Denmark	1916	16.2.1917	1918 // 1944	East German TS Fürstenberg 1952
Sixtus (ex-Minekran VI)		130	Orlogsvaerftet, Kopenhagen, Denmark	1917	21.12.1918	1919 // 1944	East German TS Prenzlau 1952

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	199
Length, m	28.9
Breadth, m	6.28
Draught, m	2.35
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Bergsund surface-ignition heavy-oil motors, 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	600
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	heavy fuel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	unknown as in Danish Navy: 2 x 1 - 37/35 Bofors, 60 mines
Complement	26

Project history

Ex-Danish minelayers Kvintus and Sixtus were scuttled by own crews to avoid capture 29.8.1943 but later salvaged by Germans and repaired.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Both ships were abandoned in 1945 at Rostock, but in 1950-1951 were repaired, commissioned by East German Navy as TS and served in this role till 1973.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.